23
23
Aug 13, 2015
08/15
by
ALJAZAM
tv
eye 23
favorite 0
quote 0
demonstrations marking the anniversary of michael brown's death descended into violence including the shooting by police of 18-year-old tyrone harris who remains in critical condition. adding to the tension is a handful of heavily armed men patrolling the streets. drawing criticism from protesters and police. the men are members of a group called oath keepers. they say they are in ferguson to defend the constitution and protect businesses. composed of ex-military and police officers, they claim to have up to 30,000 members nationwide. they are part of a small but vocal group that is antiestablishment and very progun. while many would like to dismiss them as fringe, they are catered to by mainstream politicians like never before. >> reporter: cj is not just any gun owner. when i met him at a range just outside of austin, texas, he had six guns on him and made sure to let me know he's prepared for anything. >> if there is a breakdown of society, all the food in the world isn't going to protect you from someone that wants to take that food from you. >> reporter: that are kind of dooms da
demonstrations marking the anniversary of michael brown's death descended into violence including the shooting by police of 18-year-old tyrone harris who remains in critical condition. adding to the tension is a handful of heavily armed men patrolling the streets. drawing criticism from protesters and police. the men are members of a group called oath keepers. they say they are in ferguson to defend the constitution and protect businesses. composed of ex-military and police officers, they claim...
25
25
Aug 15, 2015
08/15
by
ALJAZAM
tv
eye 25
favorite 0
quote 0
this week's one year anniversary of the shooting death of michael brown was marked by more protest and more violence. even though officer involved was exonerated in the incident, the investigation found that local police purposely target ed african americans with petty tickets and arrests. according to one estimate calculated by the new york times, one and a half million black men in america have gone missing from their communities. these are men who have disappeared because of higher than average incarceration rates or premature death. activist in the community, one activist in philadelphia where i am tonight is going out and registering more black men to vote and he's using an important cultural institution found in every black community: barber shops. duarte geraldino reports. ♪ ♪ >> do you plan to vote? >> i always vote. >> so why are you so different? there are a lot of black men who don't vote but you always vote. why is that? >> i'm not an rn. >> what does that mean? you're not an rn? >> regular negro. >> there are 800 barber shops in fistles and thousands of barbers. becaus
this week's one year anniversary of the shooting death of michael brown was marked by more protest and more violence. even though officer involved was exonerated in the incident, the investigation found that local police purposely target ed african americans with petty tickets and arrests. according to one estimate calculated by the new york times, one and a half million black men in america have gone missing from their communities. these are men who have disappeared because of higher than...
51
51
Aug 18, 2015
08/15
by
ALJAZAM
tv
eye 51
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> brown founded orange county coast keeper. >> if your back is to the wall and you need that last option desal is the last option. what's different from carlsbad to orange county is that orange county has been probably in the whole united states one of the most innovative areas for innovations in water technology and the solution, basically, is groundwater replenishment. is taking waste water and turning it into a super-purified water. >> reporter: since 2001 poseidon spent more than $1 million lobbying state politicians to sway state water laws in its favor. the firm also turned hundreds of thousands of dollars into state and local political races. that strategy seemed to have worked. the orange county water district voted in favor of poe sy done's proposal giving the county an even better deal than in san diego county. this new deal makes the agency buy all of poseidon's water every day. and fork out a nearly $160 million to lay the water pipeline but poseidon has to get california coastal commission's approval. >> we're not deterred. it was a long road in carlsbad, there were a
. >> brown founded orange county coast keeper. >> if your back is to the wall and you need that last option desal is the last option. what's different from carlsbad to orange county is that orange county has been probably in the whole united states one of the most innovative areas for innovations in water technology and the solution, basically, is groundwater replenishment. is taking waste water and turning it into a super-purified water. >> reporter: since 2001 poseidon spent...
39
39
Aug 19, 2015
08/15
by
ALJAZAM
tv
eye 39
favorite 0
quote 0
. >>> michael brown's death in ferguson a year ago shined a spotlight on black men that died at the hands of police, a new report shows how hard it is to get a grip on the size of that problem. in 2013 justice asked for use of force, for a report on it. the data is inconsistent and mostly useless. large police departments said they didn't collect the data or refused to provide it. even though justice is supposed to public the annual report around the data, it refused to be done. there's a group of people stepping in. >> reporter: every weekend journalism students from nevada reno meet in brian's dining room to crunch data drawn from splits departments across the country. he is the founder of a website and uses data to figure out how many are killed by police. there's no agency comprehensively tracking the number of people dying in police custody. >> these are the records coming from texas. >> the federal government tracks anything that matters, anything. the numbers of shoes sold, you know, rainfall in death valley, the fact that they collecting the information suggesting that is didn't m
. >>> michael brown's death in ferguson a year ago shined a spotlight on black men that died at the hands of police, a new report shows how hard it is to get a grip on the size of that problem. in 2013 justice asked for use of force, for a report on it. the data is inconsistent and mostly useless. large police departments said they didn't collect the data or refused to provide it. even though justice is supposed to public the annual report around the data, it refused to be done....
29
29
Aug 20, 2015
08/15
by
ALJAZAM
tv
eye 29
favorite 0
quote 0
it gained momentum after michael brown and others. black lives matters are making views clir to presidential -- clear to presidential candidates. including hillary clinton. she met with several members in a meeting described as tense and raw. here is a reason for that. former president bill clinton signed harsh sentencing laws that had a disproportionate affect on black members convicted of violent drug crimes. sent to 1 million of the population of 2.3 million is black. that's 40%, greater than the 13% blacks represent in the overall u.s. population. for the record, hoirnt acknowledged -- hillary clinton acknowledged that the laws had undesirable consequence, and said america has not recovered from its original sin. now, it's also important to acknowledge that black racial matters raged in america. president obama, was the first black president, and the first u.s. president to visit federal prison as he looked at the federal justice system that everyone agrees is broken. while at the prison he said "there but for the grace of god." i
it gained momentum after michael brown and others. black lives matters are making views clir to presidential -- clear to presidential candidates. including hillary clinton. she met with several members in a meeting described as tense and raw. here is a reason for that. former president bill clinton signed harsh sentencing laws that had a disproportionate affect on black members convicted of violent drug crimes. sent to 1 million of the population of 2.3 million is black. that's 40%, greater...
32
32
Aug 23, 2015
08/15
by
ALJAZAM
quote
eye 32
favorite 0
quote 1
it gained momentum after michael brown and others. black lives matters are making views clir to candidates. including hillary clinton. she met with several members in a meeting described as tense and raw. here is a reason for that. former president bill clinton signed harsh sentencing laws that had a disproportionate affect on black members convicted of violent drug crimes. sent to 1 million of the population of 2.3 million is black.
it gained momentum after michael brown and others. black lives matters are making views clir to candidates. including hillary clinton. she met with several members in a meeting described as tense and raw. here is a reason for that. former president bill clinton signed harsh sentencing laws that had a disproportionate affect on black members convicted of violent drug crimes. sent to 1 million of the population of 2.3 million is black.
24
24
Aug 7, 2015
08/15
by
ALJAZAM
tv
eye 24
favorite 0
quote 0
while the family of michael brown try to ensure that he did not die in vain. ferguson - one year later. it's
while the family of michael brown try to ensure that he did not die in vain. ferguson - one year later. it's
45
45
Aug 12, 2015
08/15
by
ALJAZAM
tv
eye 45
favorite 0
quote 0
governor brown - he was so pet. he had a big old community like this and no medical facility. he went to washington to get a boat out. it must be a hospital on the grounds at all times. that's how we got one hospital. martin luther king junior hospital opened the doors in 1972 to a long-forgotten community, which had seen little suffering and too much care. >> that was heaven. they didn't have to suffer. whatever happens, is you won't leave. you have the best in the world. it's a great reason for hope, a clear sign of accomplishment. mark ridley thomas sits on the board of supervisors, representing 2 million people in the second district, including watts. martin luther king hospital was an important step forward. it was a way of saying that watts' uprising was something that could have been and should have been avoided. within a few years, the hope dinged. amid horror stories of neglect and confidence. patients are dying, and needless lites. as reports persisted, they earnt the nickname killer king. the story did little to change that. >> my wife is dying and the nurses don'te
governor brown - he was so pet. he had a big old community like this and no medical facility. he went to washington to get a boat out. it must be a hospital on the grounds at all times. that's how we got one hospital. martin luther king junior hospital opened the doors in 1972 to a long-forgotten community, which had seen little suffering and too much care. >> that was heaven. they didn't have to suffer. whatever happens, is you won't leave. you have the best in the world. it's a great...
79
79
Aug 14, 2015
08/15
by
ALJAZAM
tv
eye 79
favorite 0
quote 0
is not following its own environmental laws, and the city leaders know it >> the stevie brown people, men and women have been advised of this repeatedly. >> and then there's there:. >> should there be an oil tsar in this city, given the fact that you have hundreds of active wells in los angeles? >> there's a position, actually, and it's been vacant. >> for how long? >> for decades. >> the position is called a petroleum administrator. we talked to l.a. city council member about all of this, including alan company in his district. >> the concern is given the fact that dozens got sick there a short time ago, whether or not an eir has been done, an environmental impact report. do you know if one has been done for that sit? >> i couldn't tell you that. >> we ask if oil companies have been given a pass. >> what do you make of that? >> lack of information. there's noest to support that. >> there's no evidence to support the fact that e.r.a.s are not granted on a regular basis. >> correct. there's no evidence to support a rubber-sta rubber-stampi rubber-stamping of any project. >> we arrived
is not following its own environmental laws, and the city leaders know it >> the stevie brown people, men and women have been advised of this repeatedly. >> and then there's there:. >> should there be an oil tsar in this city, given the fact that you have hundreds of active wells in los angeles? >> there's a position, actually, and it's been vacant. >> for how long? >> for decades. >> the position is called a petroleum administrator. we talked to l.a....
93
93
Aug 16, 2015
08/15
by
ALJAZAM
tv
eye 93
favorite 0
quote 0
>>reporter: once the flames and violence finally down died, then governor pat brown created a commission to look into the factors that led to the week-long deadly up rising. the commission came back with three recommendations. form an emergency program designed to raise the level of academic atanment and have law enforcement work on dealing with community complaints and community relationships. >> i think people are more afraid of police officers today than they were back then. i truly believe that. i think there's more poverty. there's more homelessness. there's more of all the things that just break up families and people, take their souls away today than there was 50 years ago. i think it's much worse. 50 years ago, we could dream. i don't see the dreams anymore. i think people have lost the ability to dream. >>reporter: arguably, nothing stays the same. but you can see many of the same conditions. 50 years ago, that triggered a watts. you can still see today many of the same conditions here. high unemployment. police. housing. public services. lack of businesses and investmen investm
>>reporter: once the flames and violence finally down died, then governor pat brown created a commission to look into the factors that led to the week-long deadly up rising. the commission came back with three recommendations. form an emergency program designed to raise the level of academic atanment and have law enforcement work on dealing with community complaints and community relationships. >> i think people are more afraid of police officers today than they were back then. i...
51
51
Aug 27, 2015
08/15
by
ALJAZAM
tv
eye 51
favorite 0
quote 0
he was at brown ame giving reed'reed'sreed's eulogy. >> may cause the whole citizenry of alabama, extreme. >> come back ♪ ♪ come by here ♪ >> justice has traveled a slow path. toward that bright future dr. king spoke of here. the marchers finally did make their way to montgomery. johnson was able to force through the voting rights act. amelia boynton lived to see her community guided by black leaders and in time a humble pastor from a faraway place was remembered on a corner where he became a martyr. >> that's the guy you remember? bow tie? >> not at all a commanding presence. >> not heroic. >> not heroic. not heroic. >> he didn't intend to be. >> no he didn't. >> not a hero, just an everyman who, because of consequences, leads him to a street corner in selma. the sacrifices of just a few people can change history for all of us. so jim reed did not die in vein. >> no. no. >> well, the. >> -- >> i don't feel that this is all in vain. i people i feel it is a step in. >> come by here my lord come by here ♪ >> for me to have been there is a great thing in my life but i know that's not
he was at brown ame giving reed'reed'sreed's eulogy. >> may cause the whole citizenry of alabama, extreme. >> come back ♪ ♪ come by here ♪ >> justice has traveled a slow path. toward that bright future dr. king spoke of here. the marchers finally did make their way to montgomery. johnson was able to force through the voting rights act. amelia boynton lived to see her community guided by black leaders and in time a humble pastor from a faraway place was remembered on a...
27
27
Aug 5, 2015
08/15
by
ALJAZAM
tv
eye 27
favorite 0
quote 0
there are at least 20 wildfires blackening the golden state, and a situation is so bad governor brown has declared a state of emergency. the largest of those fires, the rocky fire burning in northern california scorched 65,000 acres and is far from being contained. roughly a fourth of california's wild land firefighting force is made up of men and women who volunteer for the dangerous and difficult work. what type of person would volunteer to fight forest fires? sara hoy travelled to the mountains of southern california to find out. >> reporter: fighting wildfires in california - dirty, difficult and dangerous. wild land firefighters are often in knee-deep, rugged and hard-to-reach terrain, from sun up to sun down in the oppressive heat. they dig what are called fire lights. helping to slow the advance of a voracious wildfire. the men and women work a wildfire in 24 hour shifts. and what are you in for? >> assault with a deadly weapon and 211. >> reporter: what a 211? >> robbery. >> i'm in for assault with a deadly weapon with a firearm. >> reporter: you heard it right. the men are fi
there are at least 20 wildfires blackening the golden state, and a situation is so bad governor brown has declared a state of emergency. the largest of those fires, the rocky fire burning in northern california scorched 65,000 acres and is far from being contained. roughly a fourth of california's wild land firefighting force is made up of men and women who volunteer for the dangerous and difficult work. what type of person would volunteer to fight forest fires? sara hoy travelled to the...
81
81
Aug 6, 2015
08/15
by
ALJAZAM
tv
eye 81
favorite 0
quote 0
brown says it's a great time to be selling organic beef. >> there's much more demand than i can supply. >> you might wonder why she's put her farm up on the market. >> how much is it on sale for? >> 449. 3800 square foot house that is also a b and b and 45 acres, a pond, a wood barn, i mean so it's a beautiful place. >> but brown is selling. because she worries it won't stay a beautiful place. her farm is sandwiched between a proposed coal operation and natural gas drilling. green county's lush hills conceal a wealth of energy riches below. a confluence of appalachian coal and the marcellu srvelus shale. >> you're getting it from both sides. >> oh yes, down there and up there. >> here is a long wall mine outside waynesburg, the county seat, natural gas inaugurationss dot the hill tops. growing enough of patients that have cardiovascular studies. does not confirm a direct link but a possible connection between machines used to extract natural gas and oil. >>> next in the path of trouble. a rancher's fight to save his land as the community aims to saver its economy. >>> and another attem
brown says it's a great time to be selling organic beef. >> there's much more demand than i can supply. >> you might wonder why she's put her farm up on the market. >> how much is it on sale for? >> 449. 3800 square foot house that is also a b and b and 45 acres, a pond, a wood barn, i mean so it's a beautiful place. >> but brown is selling. because she worries it won't stay a beautiful place. her farm is sandwiched between a proposed coal operation and natural gas...
41
41
Aug 7, 2015
08/15
by
ALJAZAM
tv
eye 41
favorite 0
quote 0
a single dove marks the spot where michael brown's body was left for hours. for months many came to pay respect, building a shrine to michael brown. >> reporter: what did you see when you went outside last year? >> i saw a heavy police presence and there was a dead body in the middle of the street for five hours. >> chris lives and works at the apartments. >> do you remember what you welt when you saw michael brown. >> i thought it could have been me. >> reporter: he says his community is healing, and every day he does his part. he walks a quarter of a mile up to west norrisen picking up trash. >> how would you say ferguson as a whole as changed? >> probably the most peaceful it's ever been. >> reporter: last year he says his friends would not visit often because police control his community. >> they would be in different parking lots and stuff like that. you pull them over you see them being toed. what do you feel in inside. it was more so to money as opposed to making the community feel safe. >> reporter: how do you think the police community interaction ch
a single dove marks the spot where michael brown's body was left for hours. for months many came to pay respect, building a shrine to michael brown. >> reporter: what did you see when you went outside last year? >> i saw a heavy police presence and there was a dead body in the middle of the street for five hours. >> chris lives and works at the apartments. >> do you remember what you welt when you saw michael brown. >> i thought it could have been me. >>...
79
79
Aug 8, 2015
08/15
by
ALJAZAM
tv
eye 79
favorite 0
quote 0
i came to brazil the month that michael brown was killed. i grew up right next to where the riots were occurring in baltimore. most people here were for the people in baltimore. there was a lot of congratulations, we're you, we feel we know exactly what's going on. that was great in the effect that michael brown is on the wall here is so surreal, i wasn't here for the riots but i see the black people honor the black struggle in the state. the fact that i was here in brazil during the incident and to be watching, you know, somebody commemorated here is really cool. and to know that initially i thought a lot of people didn't know but people walking past like well, i know him from the tv. really nice like it's a good memorial and all that stuff. it's not nice that ferguson and baltimore are known in salvador, at the place where they were killed. still very sad. today i'm getting a tattoo, of a quote, which is a portuguese translation of some of us are brave. i felt like that's summed up my experience here. in terms of what it means to be black
i came to brazil the month that michael brown was killed. i grew up right next to where the riots were occurring in baltimore. most people here were for the people in baltimore. there was a lot of congratulations, we're you, we feel we know exactly what's going on. that was great in the effect that michael brown is on the wall here is so surreal, i wasn't here for the riots but i see the black people honor the black struggle in the state. the fact that i was here in brazil during the incident...
73
73
Aug 7, 2015
08/15
by
ALJAZAM
tv
eye 73
favorite 0
quote 0
apartments. >> do you remember what you welt when you saw michael brown. me. >> reporter: he says his community is healing, and every day he does his part. he walks a quarter of a mile up trash. >> how would you say ferguson as a whole as changed? >> probably the most peaceful it's ever been. >> reporter: last year he says his friends would not visit community. >> they would be in different parking lots and stuff like that. you pull them over, you see them being toed. what do you feel in inside. it was more so to money as opposed to making the community feel safe. >> reporter: how do you think changes. >> we see a lot less of them. it's like they are there when you don't need them. >> what should they be doing. >> just patrolling. i'm not saying they have to get out and talk to people. just patrolling, letting them know hey, we are here. >> newly promoted ferguson police sergeant recognises investigations between the mostly white police department and black community were far from perfect. >> ferguson changed for the better. there's things that were brough
apartments. >> do you remember what you welt when you saw michael brown. me. >> reporter: he says his community is healing, and every day he does his part. he walks a quarter of a mile up trash. >> how would you say ferguson as a whole as changed? >> probably the most peaceful it's ever been. >> reporter: last year he says his friends would not visit community. >> they would be in different parking lots and stuff like that. you pull them over, you see them...
41
41
Aug 9, 2015
08/15
by
ALJAZAM
tv
eye 41
favorite 0
quote 0
michael brown and freddie gray were on the wall. i wasn't at the riots, but i see here other blacks. the fact i was here in brazil during the incident and watch someone commemorate here is cool. and to know that initially i thought a lot of people know, but people walking past "i know them from tv", it's nice. it's a good memorial and all that stuff. >> it's not nice to know ferguson and baltimore are known as a place where people are killed. still very sad. today i'm getting a tattoo. it's a portuguese translation of some of us are brave. i felt like that summed up what it means to be black and female. that's what i learnt in el salvador. my journey is about being brave. el salvador always you see it. i'm not looking forward to being thrust back into the anger and hate. i've been living in one of the most dangerous cities, with one of the most violent forces against the people. and they are still there. even in their misery and suffering, they smile at each other, and they are affectionate. they have not lost site of that. it's sur
michael brown and freddie gray were on the wall. i wasn't at the riots, but i see here other blacks. the fact i was here in brazil during the incident and watch someone commemorate here is cool. and to know that initially i thought a lot of people know, but people walking past "i know them from tv", it's nice. it's a good memorial and all that stuff. >> it's not nice to know ferguson and baltimore are known as a place where people are killed. still very sad. today i'm getting a...
40
40
Aug 10, 2015
08/15
by
ALJAZAM
tv
eye 40
favorite 0
quote 0
- mike brown! we are! - mike brown! we are! - mike brown! >> and it's a phenomenon that extends well outside of st louis. in mid-october, thousands descended on ferguson to bring attention to the number of african americans being killed by police on a national level. in the last 6 months, there has been eric garner, kaijeme powell, john crawford, akai gurley, tamir rice, tanesha anderson, darrien hunt, and ezell ford. that's just this year - many more names fill the mouths of protestors here on the streets: sean bell...oscar grant...rekia boyd...aiyana stanley jones. [crowd chanting] you can't stop the revolution! you can't stop the revolution! you can't stop the revolution! >> this is the new civil rights movement that's happening right now. and ground zero is the policing of black communities. there's no question about it. people are drawing connections that we drew 50 years ago in the civil rights movement that this is a societal problem. this is not just a police department problem. and it's not just a county problem and it's not just a
- mike brown! we are! - mike brown! we are! - mike brown! >> and it's a phenomenon that extends well outside of st louis. in mid-october, thousands descended on ferguson to bring attention to the number of african americans being killed by police on a national level. in the last 6 months, there has been eric garner, kaijeme powell, john crawford, akai gurley, tamir rice, tanesha anderson, darrien hunt, and ezell ford. that's just this year - many more names fill the mouths of protestors...
30
30
Aug 19, 2015
08/15
by
ALJAZAM
tv
eye 30
favorite 0
quote 0
kevin brown played for the wildcats from 1981 to 1985. >> when you look at the ncaa, and northwestern is a part of this. so there's no distinction well that's an ncaa issue. no you're part of the association. so it's your issue as well. it's not just them. it's us. >> we've been talking and saying the same thing for many, many years. they said the same thing in the mid-80s and before. just to say we'll take care of you, after a while that rings kind of hollow. >> players are being exploited. we all know that, and the question is, what is it going to take to correct that? but it is a fact. >> the players' ballots were not counted, and the election results not released. the school and the union are battling over whether players are employees under the law. that ruling will be made by the national labor relations board in washington, dc. >> this issue that started with kain colter in a classroom in northwestern has now grown much, much larger. house republicans have called hearing today in congress. >> we share the concerns of players that progress is too slow, but forming a union is not
kevin brown played for the wildcats from 1981 to 1985. >> when you look at the ncaa, and northwestern is a part of this. so there's no distinction well that's an ncaa issue. no you're part of the association. so it's your issue as well. it's not just them. it's us. >> we've been talking and saying the same thing for many, many years. they said the same thing in the mid-80s and before. just to say we'll take care of you, after a while that rings kind of hollow. >> players are...